1. The World Population Situation in 1970 -- 2. The Development of National Population Policies -- 3. National Population and Family Planning Programmes -- First Successes -- 4. National Population and Family Planning Programmes -- Early Challenges -- 5. International Assistance in the Field of Population -- the Early Days -- 6. The World Population Conference, Bucharest, 1974 -- 7. Falling Birth Rates -- 1974 to 1984 -- 8. The International Conference on Population, Mexico City, 1984 -- 9. Evolving Perceptions -- 10. Population at the Earth Summit, June 1992 -- 11. The World Population Situation in 1989 -- 12. Projecting Future Populations -- 13. The Unfinished Reproductive Revolution -- 14. Effective Family Planning -- 15. Towards a New World Population Plan of Action -- 16. Turning the Tide -- Cairo, September 1994 and Beyond -- Annex A -- Population and Social Indicators -- Tables from State of the World Population, UNFPA, 1993